Are you looking for outdoor activities for your kids? Yeah, yeah, it seems that outdoor activities should be as easy as stepping a foot out the door, right? Well, sure, if there is a magical fairy to do all the other work required to manage a household. So, let’s be real!
45+ Outdoor Ideas for 6-Year-Olds
- Swing – Any kind of swing! From a branch! From a wooden structure! Go to Rainbow Play Systems. Search Pinterest for ideas.
- Hammock – An often overlooked component of outdoor space! We’re fortunate because we have a sweet little nook where we can hang a hammock. Check out your space. Do you have trees? Can you get two wooden beams in place to secure a lightweight hammock? Or there are free-standing hammocks, too. We love Wise Owl Hammocks.
- Playhouse
- Hammer & Nails – Doesn’t have to be too complicated. You can grab a pumpkin or squash and some golf tees and call it a day OR check out some of these cool woodworking tools for kids.
- Water Station – THIS material is the gift that keeps on giving. We bought this water station for kids years ago and it was worth every penny.
- Geoboard
- Sensory Table
- Sidewalk Chalk & Painter’s Tape
- Make objects from natural objects, string, and glue
- Paint & Learn about Rocks
- Build a Fairy Garden
- Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
- Hide gems around the yard for kids to discover
- Wood Whittling
- Play with Loose Parts
- Cardboard Play
- Ice Play
- Mud pies or pretend baking with flour or cornflour
- Finger Painting
- Liquid Chalk Paints
- I Spy…..with an entire list of around-the-yard items. Can include colors and numbers to encourage counting
- Water Gun Writing
- Shadow Tracings
- Tin Can Bowling
- Rock Stacks
- Ring toss obstacle of different items
- Sandbox
- Place an Art Easel in the Backyard
- Loose Legos
- Train Tracks
- Cars with items for ramps
- Pogo Stick
- Go on a bug hunt
- Stilts
- Trampoline
- Dig in dirt with water
- Bubbles
- Gardening tools
- Magnatiles
- Paintbrush and bucket
- Flowerpot painting and planting
- Newspaper pot
- Mud Kitchen
- Imaginative play with figurines
- Balance boards
- Tree Stumps
- Tent
- Kinetic Sand